Untitled (Lange’s Foot)
Berkeley, Circa 1957
Dorothea Lange
Film negative
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
1 in x 1.5 in
A67.137.57016.11
© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California.
I think [polio] was the most important thing that happened to me, and formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me, and humiliated me. All those things at once —Dorothea Lange
Additional Information
While teaching at the California School of Fine Arts in the 1950s, Lange gave her students an assignment to produce a photograph on the theme, “where I live.” Her friend and fellow photographer, Imogen Cunn
While teaching at the California School of Fine Arts in the 1950s, Lange gave her students an assignment to produce a photograph on the theme, “where I live.” Her friend and fellow photographer, Imogen Cunningham, challenged her to do the same assignment. Lange took a series of photographs of her own polio-stricken foot in response.
